Attention then turned to the rear cargo area. It was time for a set of roller drawers.

Removed all the factory bits, and made up a new rear floor from 18mm marine ply, covered in marine carpet. To level the floor out (remember the factory base has storage in it) I use some Unistrut to make up some mounts. Lost a little space here, but was worth it for the drawers.

And skip a few steps, here they are. The drawers themselves come from a company that sells full kits as well as pieces, from them i ordered 2 galvanised draw units, 450mm wide x 710mm long x 210mm high, each with 2 sets of rollers. www.offroadsystems.com.au

SO made up out of marine ply (1/2" this time) the drawer fronts, some small pieces for the gap to the side of the cargo area, and the top. The top was hinged in the middle, so it can be removed easily when needed!

This meant i could mount a pair of Deep cycle batteries in one of the drawers, and carry all my usual ear without it getting in the way!

With the compressor mounted, it needed an air tank and some lines. Mounted a 9l tank under the rear, firstly on the outside of the rear subframe (lasted 1 trip before i broke it off) and then in the inner side. I was able to reuse the brackets i made though.

A single strip of LED fixed with double sided tape to the frame under the top trim.

Ordered and received a BullyDog Watchdog on special, allows me to monitor Boost, rail pressure, temp and battery with adjustable warning levels for each. Plugs into the OBD2 port, cable run behind the dash.

Decided on using the same style switches for the winch controls, so I used the modular housings this time for a 7 way switch panel, and moved the volt gauges to the centre console. Being a Laredo, there are plenty of spare spots!

The Items on the left of the rocker are only active when the ignition is on, the centre rocker can feed power to them when its off. THe RHS ones control the winch and the small light mounted in the grille to shine on the winch at night.

Something i had wanted to do for a long time was to get a second battery under the bonnet, mainly to give extra capacity for winching. I decided on 2 x optimas, 1 starter (red top) and 1 dual (yellow top), both rated at the same as the factory huge battery.

I removed the factory battery, battery tray and the fuse box and power centre mount.

Had to trim a small amount of the strut tower out, and the factory bracket for the power centres was fully removed. These were then mounted down about 2" rearward of their original locations with a couple of tabs.

Just after this trip, the first of the Saguaro Gear arrived, and in a bit of a rush, the front was fitted up.

It actually took almost as much time to remove the ARB bar than it did to install the Saguaro. We also found that the dealer hadnt fitted the extra bolts that were supposed to be drilled into the frame, and many of the bolts were the wrong type. Lucky i hadnt used it for offroading hey :nono:. Muppets.

This was finished the day before heading to Landcruiser Park for a club run. Comment of the run, at the end of Carnage Canyon (overheard from a set of Patrol drivers) 'how the f*(k did he get that up here!' :2thumbsup:

Luckily as I had dome some small (severe) damage to the factory plastic item i didnt have to remove all of the 21 clips that retain it. Just the 4 remaining and the 2 zipties that were keeping it on :D